Parish Find Location 
Silte

Find Location 
Unknown

Find Context Classification 
Unknown

Coordinate Find Location (lat) 
6346644

Coordinate Find Location (long) 
695446

Parish Present Location 
Silte

Present Location 
In the north-east corner of the churchyard of Silte, leaning against the inner wall.

Present Location Classification 
Churchyard

Coordinate Present Location (lat) 
6346644

Coordinate Present Location (long) 
695446

Material 
Limestone

Height 
102

Width 
87

Thickness 
15

Lindqvist Type 
C/D (ca. 700-1000)
E (ca. 1000-1150)

Lindqvist Shape 
Tall stone

Runic Inscription or not 
No

Context and Discovery 
There is no information available about the find spot and the find context of the stone. “Since time immemorial, the fragment had stood leaning against the church wall, but now, it is standing at the inside of the north cemetery wall close to the northeast corner” (Lindqvist 1941/41 II, p. 110). In this location, it can be seen already on the earliest available photograph of the stone taken by Harald Faith-Ell in 1937 (ATA Run- och bildstenssamling B3:102). It is still standing there today.

Measurements, Material and Condition 
“Limestone slab, about 15 cm thick. The obverse is naturally flat and curved. The narrow sides are partly hewn at right angles towards the obverse and rounded towards the back. The reverse is rough and unworked. The surviving height is 102 cm. The width of the head is 77 cm, that of the neck 70. At the broken edge, the body is 87 cm wide” (Lindqvist 1941/41 II, p. 110). The obverse of the slab is relatively flat and smooth but partly curved and uneven. As it has been exposed to the weather without any protection since time immemorial, the destruction of its original carved surface has already reached an advanced stage. It is totally eroded and overgrown with lichens – which can be seen already on the photograph of the stone taken by Harald Faith-Ell in 1937.

Description of Ornament and Images 
No traces of carvings have survived.

Interpretation of the Imagery 
No interpretation

Type and Dating 
Mushroom-shaped late-type picture stone, which means Lindqvist’s “Abschnitt” C/D or E (1941/42 I, p. 44). At first glance, the monument could be regarded as a dwarf stone with its root hewn off, however, it more likely represents the head, neck, and upper body of a tall picture stone, which must have been at least 1.50–2.00 m tall. In his tabular overview of the Type-C stones, Lindqvist (1941/42 I, p. 44) subsumes Silte kyrka under the heading “Erblindete Steine” (ʻblinded stonesʼ, which means ʻstones with obliterated surfaceʼ) C–E, namely as a tall stone (“Großstein”), not as a dwarf stone. The stone is not considered in Rundqvist’s (2012) typological study. As no decoration is preserved on the monument, it can only be roughly dated between the 8th century and around AD 1100.

References 
Lindqvist 1941/42 II, p. 110–111, fig. 483; Bergman 1992, pp. 10, 13, 121, fig. 5.

 
Fyndplats
Okänd

Nuvarande lokalisering
Står lutad mot det nordöstra hörnet av kyrkogårdsmuren vid Silte kyrka.

Beskrivning
Delar av en stor svampformig bildsten (period CD), som bör ha varit 150-200 cm hög. Nuvarande höjd 102 cm och största bredd 87 cm. Bildstenen är ”blind” och saknar helt ristningsspår

Datering
Kan inte dateras med säkerhet, men tillhör perioden 700-900-talen.

Tolkning
Ingen tolkning.

AA

Title
GP 353 Silte kyrka

Fornsök ID 
L1976:8064

RAÄ ID 
Silte 34:4

Jan Peder Lamm ID 
218

Lindqvist Title 
Silte, Kirchhof

ATA
K-Samsök